TFML Staff Exchange

When I say ever, I mean from 1994 to today. I do not have statistics from before 1994.

Adult Services Reference Statistics for March 2006

Walk-Ins 586

Telephone 287

Instruction 107

Other help 395

Virtual reference 24
Instant message reference 43
Email reference 39

Total adult reference 1481 (highest total ever)

Internet use in Reference area in March: 997

The amount of instruction in March was high. I am sure helping some library users with projects fed this statistic.

Here are recipes for two desserts a few of us were discussing at Wednesday's luncheon:

CHERRY CHOCOLATE CAKE

1 box chocolate cake mix
2 large eggs
1 21-oz. can cherry pie filling
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine ingredients and mix with a spoon (don't use mixer -- it'll smoosh the cherries). Pour into greased and floured pan. Bake 30-35 minutes @ 350 degrees.

Frosting:
1 cup sugar
5 Tablespoons margarine
1/3 c. milk
1 cup chocolate chips

Cook first 3 ingredients. After it comes to a boil, cook one minute longer. Add chocolate chips and stir until melted. Spread on cooled cake. If frosting is too thin, let it sit a bit till it thickens, and stir again before spreading.

CHOCOLATE CHIP CREAM CHEESE BALL

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
½ c. butter, softened
¼ t. vanilla
¾ c. powdered sugar
2 T. brown sugar
¾ c. mini chocolate chips (or mini M&M’s – found in the baking section)
¾ c. toffee pieces (can be mixed with chopped pecans for ¾ c. total, or use milk chocolate Heath bar pieces)

Chocolate graham cracker sticks (or regular graham crackers broken into rectangles)

Beat together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and sugars until smooth. Add mini chocolate chips. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Form mixture into ball (it helps to use 2 pieces of waxed paper). Roll in toffee pieces. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve with graham crackers.

In case you missed our mini-display, the 100th anniversary of the great San Francisco earthquake was yesterday. There are some great photos at
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/earthquakeandfire

Check out some of our new magazines: Body and Soul, Weight Watchers, Internet Genealogy, Hinsdale Magazine and PC Photo.

The YA board and I conducted a bake sale yesterday (my first) with the help of the Friends of the Library. We raised 120 dollars, while selling most of the baked goods brought it. The kids did a great job selling while having fun and I would like to thank the library staff as well for helping out.

Magazine deletion will start in June. If you have any large, brown paper grocery bags we can use them in magazines and it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!